Inkwell



8.. N. FALDER.

INKWELL.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 25. 1920' 1,355,547. Patented Oct. 12', 1920.

UNITED STATES SIMON N. FALDER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

INKl/VELL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 12, 1920.

Application filed February 25, 1920. Serial No. 361,151.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SIMON. N. FALDER, a citizen of the United States, residin at the city of St. Louis, in the State of h issouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Inkwells, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improved inkwell, the lid of which does not need to be removed either to clean or to fill the well. Other features of novelty reside in the provision of a quadruple seal for the mouth, which prevents evaporation and consequent waste of theink, and in the fact that one of these seals is a liquid seal, while the others are solid. Additional features of novelty and advantage are provided by the form and arrangement and construction of the valve, whereby surplus ink is removed from the pen, and, moreover, the pen-point is not blunted or dulled. A further point of novelty and advantage is found in the provision of means whereby the inkwell is kept normally closed and in the construction of that means.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, in which like numbers of reference denote like parts wherever they occur,

Figure 1 is an elevation of the inkwell;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view;

Fig. 3 is a top plan view, with parts shown in dotted lines; and

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the valve.

The main body 1 contains the well 2 for ink, and its upper wall contains a groove 3, which receives the flange 4 and the rubber gasket 5 or the like, which forms an impermeable seal preventing evaporation at that point.

The top 6 is formed of hard rubber or any other suitable material, and contains the grooves or notches 7 in which may rest a pen 8 or the like. The said notches 7 are formed in a raised shoulder or flange 9, and the main body of the top 6 slopes, as at 10, so as to drain toward the mouth 11.

The valve 12 is formed of hard rubber or any other suitable material, the nipple 13 projecting well upward in the said mouth 11. The said nipple is so rounded on its top as to present a gradual sloping surface for contact with a pen when inserted in the ink, so that the point of the pen will not be dulled or blunted, but will be presented to the said slope of the nipple at such an angle as to approximate parallelism to the said slope, and thus avoid direct or blunting contact with the nipple 13. This contour of the nipple 13 furthermore serves the purpose of a pen-wiper to a certain extent upon withdrawal of the dipped pen-point, whereby superfluous inkfis removed from the said point.

The nipple 13 terminates abruptly in a vertical part 14 which separates the nipple 13 from the encircling wall 15 and thereby permits easier drainage of surplus ink and prevents the formation of granulations between the valve 12 and the wall 15, which granulations would tend to keep valve 12 open and permit evaporation and waste of ink.

A groove 16 is formed in the upper surface of valve 12. In the said groove 16 ink that has drained off nipple 13 will remain and form a liquid seal supplementing the solid seal formed by flange 17 and shoulder 18 on valve 12.

On its underneath side, the valve 12 is cupshaped and contains the elongated recess 19 in which the nose 20 of a bellcrank 21 is inserted.

Bellcrank 21 is pivoted at 22 to a support 23 depending from top 6, and a lead or other suitable weight 24 borne by the arm of the bellcrank opposite the arm terminating in nose 20 operates to keep nose 20 constantly seated against valve 12 in the recess 19 and thus to keep valve 12 constantly seated against the underneath side of top 6, thus preventing evaporation and waste of ink. The bellcrank 21 will be formed of any suitable material not adapted to be corroded or disintegrated by immersion in ink.

Having thus described this invention, I hereby reserve the benefit of all changes in form, arrangement, order, or use of parts, as it is evident that many minor changes may be made therein without. departing from the spirit of this invention or the scope of the following claims.

I claim:

1. An inkwell comprising a body formed to provide a well, a top therefor formed with an opening, a valve adapted to close said opening, said valve having a plurality of independent sealing cooperations with the top, and means to hold the valve in sealing position.

, 2. An inkwell comprising a body formed to provide a well, a top therefor formed with an opening, the bottom surface of the top about the opening forming a sealing surface, and a valve to close said opening and having a sealing surface to engage the sealing surface of the top, said valve having a liquid-.

receiving sealing groove in such sealing surface. 7

'3. An inkwell comprising a body formed to provide a Well, a top therefor formed with an opening, the bottom surface of the top about the opening forming a sealing surface, and a valve to close said opening and having a sealing surface to engage the sealing surface of the top, said valve having a liquidreceiving sealing groove in such sealing surface, the top of the valve sloping toward such groove to direct fluid thereinto.

4. An inkwellcomprising a body formed to provide a ell, a top therefor formed with, an opening, the bottom surface of the top,

about the opening forming a sealing sur-l face, and a valve to close said openlng and havinga sealing surface to engage the sealing surface'of the top, said valve having a liquid-receiving. sealing groove in such sealing surface, the top of the valve sloping toward such groove to direct fluid thereinto, and means to normally maintain the valve in sealing relation to the top.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature. V

siMoN N. QFALDER. 

